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<\/p>\nBayfield beat Telluride for final win of season<\/p>\n
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Bayfield senior Avery Shipman (7) forces her way around Telluride’s Lucia Young (15) during late-season, non-league action Friday afternoon at BHS. Shipman netted two goals as the Wolverines defeated THS 2-1. (Joel Priest\/Special to the Herald)<\/p>\n
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Likely playing its finest soccer this spring, albeit not in time to push them into the postseason, Bayfield High School girls soccer team needed one more goal during the last 20 minutes of their 2026 finale Saturday afternoon to close out their campaign with two wins and as many draws within seven days.<\/p>\n
But when Alamosa freshman Maren Formisano scored in the 69th minute and sophomore Ginger Rockcastle followed suit in the 70th, Bayfield\u2019s hopes to shock the CHSAA Class 3A State Tournament-bound side were smashed as the Mean Moose (8-5-0 overall, 4-2-0 3A Intermountain) made off with a 3-1 road victory closing the book on BHS (3-10-2, 0-5-1).<\/p>\n
\u201cMakes me teary-eyed because \u2026 my last day,\u201d Bayfield senior goalkeeper Lily Muir said. \u201cBut I definitely think the end-of-season push is sometimes when a team plays best, in my opinion, because we\u2019ve grown so much together and built that bond and chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wolverines shifted into an extra gear the previous evening when, after 2A Telluride sophomore Tula Emerick\u2019s 14th-minute cleanup of freshman Luciana du Toit\u2019s shot had given the guests a lead which lasted into halftime, Shipman literally bodied sophomore Grace Brown\u2019s 51st-minute corner past THS freshman backup goalie Gretchen Rosen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders,\u201d said Muir. \u201cAt the beginning of the season we could barely get the ball up in the air on corners, and then we make it to the second-to-last game of our season and \u2026 make a goal! Pretty outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Running onto and volleying in a great cross from senior Elodie Prohaska, THS freshman Griffin Bain\u2019s apparent go-ahead goal in the 64th was disallowed by an offside violation, and Shipman later chased down junior Jacqueline Boyce\u2019s long forward pass in the 77th to finish a breakaway and net what ended up being the winning goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got confidence from that first goal in Telluride \u2013 I wanted to do it again,\u201d said Shipman, referring to her goal in BHS\u2019 7-1 away loss back on March 28. \u201cAnd I just really tried to have more confidence because I knew (Telluride would) think that maybe I\u2019d score, but I just tried to run as fast as I could. And it worked; Jackie had played a really good ball and I just knew I had to score on that one. I didn\u2019t want to tie this game.\u201d<\/p>\n
But against Alamosa, a tie would have been at least palatable \u2013 especially after AHS senior Araceli Molina tracked down a pass glancing off Lady Wolverine freshman Rose Baxter\u2019s head and gave AHS a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute. But with Muir otherwise doing her part in net and Bayfield as a whole often bending but refusing to break, halftime commenced with the Mean Moose still up by just a goal.<\/p>\n
Able to draw freshman goalie Kylie Cantu off her line, Shipman almost equalized in the 60th minute. But though the keeper blocked her shot, the ball bounced away and straight to Boyce for a successful volley tying the IML match at 1-1. Muir then inspired the Wolverines even more to fight until the finish by diving to her right and denying AHS junior Leah Higareda a 66th-minute penalty kick.<\/p>\n
Muir then smothered Alamosa\u2019s ensuing corner, resulting from her unsecured save, and the contest \u2013 as well as BHS\u2019 campaign \u2013 would come down to the final 14 minutes on a sunny Saturday inside Wolverine Country Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a little hungrier at the end of the season \u2026 really put it all, left it all on the field,\u201d Shipman said. \u201cNo regrets was the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
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